Tim, basically When an order is created on the woocommerce end, we create the corresponding sub-order.
– Now, we check the initial order status of the order from woocommerce’s main order and set the same order status for suborders too
– After that, each vendor/admin needs to change the order status for each sub-order
– Therefore, apart from initial order status, if you change the status of an order, this will not affect the sub order’s status
Now if you refer to the images, the right-hand side status is actual parent order status, and the left one side is of sub-order. Hence either admin or vendor needs to change the status of those orders.